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C-Section & Anxiety

I'm a little less than 3 weeks away from my 2nd c-section. When i went in for my 1st they tied my arms down which i did okay with but when the pressure started i had a major anxiety attack and they had to give me a lot more meds. This time around i don't want to do that. I remember most of it but i want to remember all of it. How did you handle the anxiety? Any ideas?

take deep breathes close your eyes and just serio9ulsy put your self some where else or have your husband sit there and just talk to you tell a joke anything to try to keep you rmind not focused on what is happening behind that curtain

I've had 2 emergency c-sections the first they cut me straight down (stomach muscles) and all the second was across, they put me to sleep on the first 1 which was pure hell the second they strapped my arms down also hell, the pressure of them pulling her out was to much & i got sick & threw up, the anxiety was pretty bad the second time i was sitting in my room & when the nurse came in & saw how i was she gave me a shot of something i think Valium idk 4 sure but it calmed me down i think i would tell my dr how your feeling & see if they can help you b4 u go in ~ good luck dear

My second and third really weren't that bad, They were both surprises, one was breech and the other one labor wasn't working. I don't remember feeling anything at all during the surgeries. My husband sat by my head and we talked with the anesthesiologist a little, but mostly to each other. I had an epidural with one and spinal with the other. (The first was general; the first one sucked!) With one of them I got really cold and got the shakes right after. But I was up in a few hours and walking about 12 hours later. If you have got to have one, then you have got to have one. I personally wouldn't be able to sign up for one, you know schedule it. When they told me I couldn't try for another VBAC I knew I was done having kids. (Not that I wanted more than 3 anyway, but it just sealed the deal.)